R32 Right Hand Side Headlight Prob

[Inline 6]

Hey got the r32 typical prob with the right hand side head light it blew a while ago and when i brought a new globe was still no good so id say i got the same light switch prob as these other people below in the links

anyone here done this fix before? apparently its not that hard but im no electricion thats for sure

i dont wanna take it somewhere that dosnt know there 32's to have them replace the switch and it blow again on me in 6months time.

as qouted from cowie

it's the current that runs through the switch that's causing the problem. It melts the little plastic pots, hence no left headlight. The fix is to wire a relay in series with the switch. This will put the high current through the relay (which is purpose built to operate at a rated current, ie. 40A) and a low current through the switch. Doing this will also bump your voltage a little so the headlight output should brighten a little.

Without doing something about the high current (it's because the car is 12V) you'll keep melting headlight switches. If only the little pots were ceramic...

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/R3....html&st=20

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/He....html&st=60

there's the fun filled topic's on it

Edited April 15, 2008 by gzilla

[ted180]

similar thing happened to my 180, melted the plug which made the contacts touch and kept shorting it out, which blew the fuse. did it about 5 times before i figured out why it was doing it.

[Cubes]

I had the same thing when i first bought the car a good 7years or what ever its been now.

replaced the switch and then soldered something up inside. its been good until recently where it went again

I bought a perfect switch and this time i'll wire it up with relays.

[Inline 6]

dont suppose you would mind whipping up 2 of those? let me know how it go's if you get it all working.

where you get your switch from? is it from a wreckors or you buy a new 1?